Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Chronicles Of The Death Cults 2026-07-29

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     Europe is still ahead of us:      Just days after France legalized “assisted suicide,” the French government has now ruled that docto...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Unthinkable Or Inevitable?

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     After the parliamentary systems piece appeared, I got an inquiry from a reader about religious affiliations among political parties. H...
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Monday, July 27, 2026

A Word About Parliamentary Systems

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     There aren’t many polities structured as is the United States. Most other First World nations have parliamentary systems, which vary fr...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

Something Off The Beaten Track

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     A reader just wrote to ask if I simply must continue with the doom-and-gloom pieces for some unexpressed psychological reason involving...
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Schismata Part 4: The Biggest Chisel

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     There are days when the total lack of shame of anti-Americans in power completely occupies my thoughts. Yes, I speak here of the Democr...
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Friday, July 24, 2026

A Pointed Observation

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     This one is from John Hinderaker:      [26th Texas Congressional district Representative Brandon] Gill is the new hero of the conserv...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Schismata Part 3: The Cracks

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     I’ve received a couple of questions about the neologism in the titles of these pieces. The resemblance to stigmata is deliberate. The ...
Monday, July 20, 2026

Schismata Part 2: The Unity

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     A long time ago, I wrote:      In the kitchen, Louis took a small saucepan from the cabinet beneath the cooktop, filled it half-full ...
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Sunday, July 19, 2026

Schismata Part 1

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     Depending on what time zone you were in at the time, either today or tomorrow, in the Year of Our Lord 1969, Neil Armstrong first set f...
Friday, July 17, 2026

The Unique Product

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     States, like men, have their growth, their manhood, their decrepitude and their decay. – Walter S. Landor      Incentives and disince...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

A Reissue

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     As of this morning, a new, illustrated edition of The Warm Lands is available at Amazon:      The world of Aeol is dying, and no on...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Applause From An Old Man

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     Once in a great while, an essay comes my way that leaves me speechless from its insight. I’ve just received such an essay from Haretina...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Because That’s What They Do

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     First, Happy Bastille Day. If your schooling didn’t include the details of the French Revolution of 1789, you can read about some of th...
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Sunday, July 12, 2026

A New And Vital Voice

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     For some time now, I’ve been casting about for “new voices” to whom the beleaguered of our era should pay attention. In the process, I’...
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Friday, July 10, 2026

Context Matters Part 2

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     The talk about Citizen Vigilante continues hot and heavy. There are critical voices in the mix. Some consider the film dangerous, whil...
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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Which Way, Indies?

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     The question of the hour among those of us who write and self-publish fiction is what to do about piracy… if anything. Here’s a typical...
Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Context Matters

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     It was a long time ago that I first heard the following instructive exchange: P1: I saw something disturbing today. P2: What was th...